The Journal of Mr Samuel Holmes, Serjeant-Major of the XIth Light Dragoons, During his Attendance, as One of the Guard on Lord Macartney's Embassy to China and Tartary - Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia - Samuel Holmes - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9781108013789 - June 10, 2010
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The Journal of Mr Samuel Holmes, Serjeant-Major of the XIth Light Dragoons, During his Attendance, as One of the Guard on Lord Macartney's Embassy to China and Tartary - Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia

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This journal by a soldier in the Light Dragoons gives an account of Lord Macartney's failed attempt to set up an embassy in China 1792–1793. The soldier's-eye perspective of eighteenth-century China make this document a valuable historical source on British and Chinese history during this period.


272 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 10, 2010
ISBN13 9781108013789
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 272
Dimensions 216 × 137 × 19 mm   ·   352 g
Language English  

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